Homonotus semiflavus, Priesner, 1955

Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, A review of the genus Homonotus D, 1843 in the West Palaearctic region with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 809-824 : 817

Homonotus semiflavus PRIESNER, 1955, fig. 16

Homonotus semiflavus PRIESNER, 1955: 196, female. Female holotype: Egypt (Wien, leg. H.

Priesner). Examined. R e c o r d s: Egypt: 17.1.1933 female, Wadi Abrag, South Eastern Desert (Wien, leg. Priesner,

Holotype).

D i a g n o s i s and D e s c r i p t i o n: The female is unique by having only 2 submarginal cells, by body color (all light red except abdomen), by small body size (5.2 mm) and by transparent wings with a dark patch around marginal and submarginal cell. Apical clypeal margin is widely truncate without any impression or emargination, metanotum dorsally rounded, apically with small triangular emargination, with very obtuse angle. Eye 2.1 as long as gena, measured in middle of eye.

M a l e: Unknown.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Egypt, Yemen (female in coll. Wahis, pers. comm.).